Simon Mainwaring Quotes

Part of having a social media strategy is being smart about whom you follow. Ask yourself who is important to your company or brand. Figure out who needs to know you exist.

Companies can't delegate social media to the new college grad and think they have it covered.

Although my values and my morals are old-school, you have to kind of key into the landscape of social media and how the world is progressing. I'd be a fool to sit there and go, 'Yeah, let's use the telephone to telemarket myself'... Social media is something that I definitely have to tap into, to another demographic.

I think Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are the cornerstones of any social media strategy.

As a speaker, business leader or marketer of any type, the onus is now on each of us to become equally capable of communicating very personally with a seemingly endless number of people connected by social technologies.

I'm skilled in the Twitter and Instagram sense of the social media verse.

One thing I think is great is that if you use social media really well - in a natural, personal way - you can kind of see what's missing. You can see when you're bored of something or of someone.

I spend three hours a day working on my social network profiles. I think about the right people to tag, the ones who might generate new leads. It's my work, my self-promotion.

Companies should take advantage of social media's power to connect, but honor the continued role of media in shaping opinion.

I am making use of social media as a marketing tool. It's a great way to market yourself and your projects. It's a free marketing tool.

Don't have just anyone run your social media. I think it's insane when brands or celebrities relegate their social media to an intern or someone who does not know them well.

I am social media savvy.

Not every brand needs to be on every social platform. Brands should have a very strategic objective, whether it's marketing or commercial. The biggest mistake a brand can make is to be on a social platform without a plan or the resources to manage it.

Oh, tweeting prolifically is the most easy thing in the world. Tweeting prolifically is like somebody saying, 'Boy, you're a really good walker around,' you know. It's not really hard.

I absolutely should be on social media, and I think every person who's an influencer should be, and should be doing good things.

I'm actually on the Twitter like all those crazy young kids are, and if I'm going to do an in-store appearance or I post something on my website, I tweet these followers, a word I don't like so much, and over 50,000 people go, like, 'Okay, I got it.'

Companies and managers that find a way to harness social media stand to gain.

I've found my calling with Twitter. It's all about the amount of interaction you do, and the traffic you move, and I'm really good at that. I keep going and going and going, and no one can believe that I can keep it up.

Marketing is a contest for people's attention.

I hope that all new filmmakers see that the Internet and social media are helpful tools in establishing a fan base as well as being able to interact with your fans.

My best advice for anyone out there that feels like, 'I don't have a million followers so why should I even give it a shot,' is that it's not about the numbers - it's about the engagement. That's how you can build influence.

You really can't spend money on social media unless you really try. Social media is really more about effort than expense.

At their core, an influencer creates an empowering human connection.

I'm the most successful filmmaker in the country; what do I need PR for?

I have no idea how to use social media for anything other than forwarding a good fart joke.